Usciences Mourns the Passing of Former Board Chair Delbert S. Payne

University of the Sciences emeritus trustee and former board of trustees chairman Dr. DELBERT S. PAYNE passed away on Monday, May 30, 2011. Dr. Payne, who had served on the USciences board since 1990 and as chair since 2000, had previously announced his retirement on April 29, 2011. He was elected emeritus trustee at the May 12, 2011, board meeting and recently presented the honorary degree recipients at USciences’ Commencement on May 25, 2011, as his last official act as chairman. “We are all so blessed to have had the honor to work with and know him and be the fortunate recipients of his wisdom, guidance, and advice. I will miss him so,” said USciences president, Dr. PHILIP P. GERBINO. While chair of USciences’ board, he helped steer the University’s dynamic growth from a single college with 1,630 students, to a vibrant university with five colleges and 3,000 students. In addition to his chairmanship at USciences, he was chair of the board of the Education Opportunity Fund of the New Jersey Department of Higher Education as well as the Philadelphia Education Fund and Glassboro State College (now Rowan University). Dr. Payne received an honorary doctor of humanities from Glassboro State College in May 1990. USciences honored his dedication to the University with the naming of The Delbert S. Payne Lobby in September 2010 in the University’s iconic Griffith Hall and with the establishment of The Delbert S. Payne Endowed Scholarship in April 2010 to benefit one African-American student in financial need at the University each year. Click Here to read more. To contribute to the Delbert S. Payne Scholarship, please visit http://www.usciences.edu/giveonline and note “Payne Scholarship” in the comments section.